A follow-up study on factors affecting the recovery of patients with hypothyroidism in different selenium environments

Table 2 Recovery rates of thyroid function in various AITD subjects in areas with different Se levels

	Se-adequate			Se-deficient			χ²	P
	N	recovery	%	N	recovery	%	χ²	P
Subclinical hyperthyroidism	17	8	47.1	9	4	44.4	-	0.613^a
Hypothyroidism	12	6	50.0	30	9	30.0	0.749	0.387^b
Subclinical hypothyroidism	98	30	30.6	285	131	46.0	7.054	0.008
HT + GD	36	3	8.3	29	2	6.9	0.047	0.829
Single TPO-Ab positive	73	19	26.0	86	28	32.6	0.809	0.368
Total thyroid disorders	236	66	28.0	439	174	39.6	9.122	0.003
Subjects with positive TPO-Ab at baseline	131	26	19.8	160	39	24.4	0.851	0.356

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